As IBM's chief since 2012, Ginni Rometty has pushed to revamp some of IBM’s slowing traditional hardware, software and services businesses, pushing it toward higher-growth areas such as “cloud” computing and "big-data" analytics, according to a Page One article in The Wall Street Journal. Spending time with her reveals some other sides to the CEO:

Can we visualize a more secure world? No, we're not talking metaphorically in this instance. We mean the question literally. Can we create images that actually will lead to a more secure world, or at least to a more secure digital realm?

International Business Machines Corp. said Chief Executive Virginia Rometty will receive a $3.6 million bonus for her performance in 2014, despite annual declines in profit and revenue at the computing giant.

In her annual letter to IBM shareholders, CEO Virginia Rometty acknowledged the company failed to meet expectations last year, and vowed to turnaround its troubled hardware business instead of divesting it entirely.